F41G 3/00
Aiming or laying means
Official title: Aiming or laying means (sighting devices F41G1/00; determining direction, distance or velocity by use of radio or other waves G01S; computers G06; antennas H01Q)
F41G3/00 (Aiming or laying means) appears on 2,485 US grants and 2,117 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41G- Granted patents
- 2,485
- Published applications
- 2,117
- Assignees
- 893
- Inventors
- 4,021
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 24 | 0 |
| 1977 | 25 | 0 |
| 1978 | 23 | 0 |
| 1979 | 23 | 0 |
| 1980 | 28 | 0 |
| 1981 | 32 | 0 |
| 1982 | 31 | 0 |
| 1983 | 21 | 0 |
| 1984 | 28 | 0 |
| 1985 | 27 | 0 |
| 1986 | 28 | 0 |
| 1987 | 37 | 0 |
| 1988 | 34 | 0 |
| 1989 | 28 | 0 |
| 1990 | 26 | 0 |
| 1991 | 27 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
| 1993 | 37 | 0 |
| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 37 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 23 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | 34 | 0 |
| 2001 | 36 | 4 |
| 2002 | 29 | 20 |
| 2003 | 27 | 45 |
| 2004 | 26 | 43 |
| 2005 | 27 | 35 |
| 2006 | 21 | 36 |
| 2007 | 26 | 54 |
| 2008 | 23 | 54 |
| 2009 | 33 | 64 |
| 2010 | 44 | 72 |
| 2011 | 61 | 66 |
| 2012 | 59 | 117 |
| 2013 | 85 | 77 |
| 2014 | 77 | 105 |
| 2015 | 107 | 125 |
| 2016 | 115 | 138 |
| 2017 | 102 | 104 |
| 2018 | 90 | 119 |
| 2019 | 150 | 120 |
| 2020 | 117 | 143 |
| 2021 | 98 | 127 |
| 2022 | 91 | 88 |
| 2023 | 89 | 109 |
| 2024 | 102 | 100 |
| 2025 | 93 | 100 |
| 2026 | 65 | 52 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F41G 3/14Indirect aiming means872
- F41G 3/26Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying663
- F41G 3/06Aiming or laying means: with rangefinder649
- F41G 3/08Aiming or laying means: with means for compensating for speed, direction, temperature405
- F41G 3/32Devices for testing or checking282
- F41G 3/22Aiming or laying means: for vehicle-borne armament274
- F41G 3/02Aiming or laying means: using an independent line of sight261
- F41G 3/04Aiming or laying means: for dispersing fire from a battery186
Recent patents
- Optical target imaging system6 Oct 2026US 12,753,993 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Sight and compensating mechanism thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,754,410 B2Asia Optical Co., Inc.
- Weapon usage monitoring system having real-time performance metrics feedback based on discharge event detection29 Sep 2026US 12,747,922 B2Armaments Research Company, Inc.
- Enhanced precision disturbed zero sighting system for long-range target engagement15 Sep 2026US 12,736,307 B2
- Optical sight and information display method1 Sep 2026US 12,723,843 B2Light Optical Works, Ltd.
- Modular, multi-axis, sensor system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309446 A1Holistictlc Corp
- Improved Flight Path Ballistics and Display8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309462 A1Evrio, Inc.
- Machine to Machine Targeting Maintaining Positive Identification1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299620 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Variable Energy Accelerator Incorporating an Electronic Rangefinder24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287300 A1Arcflash Labs, Inc.
- Firearm System that Tracks Points of Aim of a Firearm24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287307 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for quantitatively measuring the relative position and orientation of two bodies in the presence of metals utilizing direct current magnetic fields735US 4,945,305 AAscension Technology Corporation · 1990
- Shooting simulating process and training device using a virtual reality display screen561US 5,641,288 A1997
- Eddy current error-reduced AC magnetic position measurement system549US 6,172,499 B2Ascension Technology Corporation · 2001
- Device for quantitatively measuring the relative position and orientation of two bodies in the presence of metals utilizing direct current magnetic fields483US 4,849,692 AAscension Technology Corporation · 1989
- Six-degree of freedom tracking system having a passive transponder on the object being tracked465US 6,380,732 B1Super Dimension Ltd. · 2002